Yankton County

administration
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Yankton
Foundation :	1862
Demographics
Residents :	22,438 (2010)
Population density :	16.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1379 km²
Water surface :	29 km²
map

Yankton County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States .

geography

The county covers an area of 1,379 square kilometers; 29 square kilometers (2.08 percent) of it is water.

history

The county was founded on April 10, 1862 and named after the Yankton Indian tribe .

The Old Catholic Church is one of 76 entries for the county in the NRHP.

76 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 9, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	12,649	-
1910	13,135	3.8%
1920	15,233	16%
1930	16,589	8.9%
1940	16,725	0.8%
1950	16,804	0.5%
1960	17,551	4.4%
1970	19,039	8.5%
1980	18,952	-0.5%
1990	19,252	1.6%
2000	21,652	12.5%
2010	22,438	3.6%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities ):

Yankton

Municipalities ( towns ):

Townships

The county is divided into nine townships : Gayville, Jamesville, Marindahl, Mayfield, Mission Hill, Turkey Valley, Utica, Volin, Walshtown; and into two Unorganized Territories: Southeast Yankton and West Yankton.

Web links

Commons : Yankton County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Yankton County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 337 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

43.01 -97.39Coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′ N , 97 ° 23 ′ W

[1] Yankton County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 337 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 9, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011